Conjoint Prof. ( John ) Burgess
| Work Phone | (02) 4921 5495 |
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| Fax | (02) 4921 7398 |
| John.Burgess@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Position |
Conjoint Professor
Newcastle Business School
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| Office | university house 325, Social Sciences Building |
Biography
Professor of International HRM, Newcastle Business School. Co-ordinator of HRM research within the Centre of Institutional and Organisational Studies.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Newcastle, 1996
- Diploma of Tertiary Studies, University of New England
- Master of Arts, University of Exeter - UK
- Master of Economics, University of Sydney
Research
Research keywords
- gender and work
- labour market policy
- work and employment
Research expertise
Work, workplaces and labour market policy. Builds upon labour economics, industrial relations and human resource management. Recent research has examined contingent labour, workplace EEO programs, work in call centres and agebcy employment.
Collaboration
Research interests are employment arrangements; work and gender; industry clusters; call centre work. Most of my work is collaborative and seeks to set out changes in the nature of work, workplaces and working arrangements. This has been done with a link to public policy discussion and analysis.
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 150300 | Business And Management | 55 |
| 150499 | Commercial Services Not Elsewhere Classified | 25 |
| 150799 | Transportation And Freight Services Not Elsewhere Classified | 20 |
Centres and Groups
Centre
Memberships
Editorial Board.
- Human Resource management Journal
- Editorial Board Member - New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations
- member - International Employment Relations Review
- member - International Journal of Employment Studies
- Editoral Board Member - International Journal of Employment Studies
- member - Journal of Economic and Social Policy
Invitations
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International Developments in Casual Work.
School of Economics, University of Northern Bristish Columbia., Canada (Conference Presentation - non published.) |
2006 |
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S. Smollert - Managing Contingent Employment in Public Health
University of Leeds, Australia (External Examiner.) |
2006 |
Administrative
Administrative expertise
Have served as assistance dean international; assistant dean reserach/researchtraining/research development; acting head of school; director of the employment studies centre and currently director of the NGSB. Have served on university senate and the university promotions committee.
Teaching
Teaching keywords
- industrial relations
- qualitative research methods
Teaching expertise
Current teaching is linked to the DBA program - research methods, literature review and research proposal. Past teaching has included industrial relations, labour economics, macroeconomics, public finance and microeconomics.
Teaching interests
Teaching is in the DBA research area – literature review, research proposal